Background*

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel has been the Chief Financial Officer and Member of Board of Executive Directors at BASF SE since May 6, 2011 and March 4, 2008 respectively. Dr. Engel served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation since May 6, 2011 until May 01, 2015. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of BASF Corporation from August 2000 to 2006. At BASF, Dr. Engel was responsible for the North American service platform, ... including all financial operations, purchasing, logistics, environment, health and safety, and information systems. He served as President, Legal, Taxes & Insurance of BASF since January 2008. He served as the Head of Ressort III at BASF SE. In January 2005, he was given responsibility for BASF's Agricultural Products and Fine Chemicals business segments in North America, as well as for BASF Canada and BASF de Mexico. He joined BASF AG in Ludwigshafen, Germany in 1988 as a Member of the Legal department and served in various assignments in the United States and Germany. Since 1997, Dr. Engel served as the Managing Director of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH. He served for Legal Department of BASF Aktiengesellschaft since joining it in 1988 and served as its Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1996. In 1993, he led delegation to BASF Corporation in North America and served as its President of Regional Functions North America since 2000 and Projects since February 2006. Since 1997, he served as Managing Director of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH, Germany. He serves as Chairman of Ciba Holding, Inc. He served as a Member of Board of Managing Directors at Styrolution Group GmbH. Dr. Engel has been the Chairman of Supervisory Board of Wintershall AG, Kassel since July 8, 2008. He serves as the Chairman of Supervisory Board of Wintershall Holding Gmbh. He served as the Chairman of Supervisory Board of Wintershall Holding AG since March 2008. He has been a Member of Supervisory Board at Wintershall AG since June 25, 2008. He has been a Member of Advisory Board of Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg since October 1, 2011. He has been a Member of the Advisory Council at WINGAS and WIEH since April 2008. Dr. Engel served as a Director of BASF Corporation since May 6, 2011. He has been a Member of European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) since October 2008. He has been a Member of the VCI Trade Policy Committee since June 2008. He serves as a Supervisory Board Member of BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH. He serves as a Member of Corporate Governance Committee at Nord Stream AG. He completed in-service training from 1984 to 1987 at the Higher Regional Court, Oldenburg, Germany, before earning his Doctorate at Goettingen University. Dr. Engel studied Law at Goettingen and Freiburg Universities from 1977 to 1983.

Our data partners will research the update request and update the information on this page if necessary. Research and follow-up could take several weeks. If you have questions, you can contact them at bwwebmaster@businessweek.com.